Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-06-10
. IN A TOY FACTORY.
NUREMBERG NO LONGER THE "TOY
HOUSE OF THE WORLD"

a BrookIyn Toy Factory Where Every
Conceivable shaped Inv.urion for the
Amusement Of Children l. Fashioned
from Tiu-Popuiarity of Jingle"
Old Nuremberg. Germany. can no
longer BE- called the toy house Of the
world - There are some six or seven
manufactures of tin toys in the United
States AT the preSeut time, and pi these
is the toy shop of Mr.. Thomass in Scher-
merhorn street. where every conceivable
shaped invention for the amusement of
children l. fashioned from tin. \ circus
i hardly more attractive than the show
in the salcSrooms of the manufaCtory,
where elephants and horses, camels and
sheep, gymnasts. etc, are III close con
tiguitv with velocipedeS. walking dolls,
merry 90 rounds. mcnagerie wagons, etc. I;
in short, hundreds OF curious tin toys in
endless variety. Mr. Thomass learned his
trade in Germany. and. "a necessary part
OF il. he Is an artist.
Z OF course said he. in showing a port
/ folio of very clever drawings, the first
thing in my business is 10 make the design
of the toy 10 he manufactured. Here, for
/ instance, is the drawing OF a horse; the
outlines are cut in card board, and from
this the stencil is made in metal which il
laid on the tin. and by one slip of press
Is cut into shape
On the second door the wnrkrnen We're
/ busy cutting the material into shape with
machines that looked almost human.
! Here WAS a squaring machir.. here a
cutting machine, here one foi rounding
/ the tin. another for bulging it, and 50 on,
/ with dozen or more facilities and meth
odS for such processes.
DO YOU make tin swords | saw them
manufactured in Nuremberg last year,
and the manipulation Of tin in this direc
| ton was most curious and interesting"
No, we do not make the swords or the
musical tops. The dealers and manufac-
turerS over there make enough TO supply
/ the worlds demand. We cannot compete
| with them in certain styles of toys. but
We export Others in large quantities, and
/ the demand l. growing. Each toy You
/ See here must pass through many hands
before it is perfected. You saw the draw
! ing of the horse Well two shapes must
/ be cut from the metal. Then the contours
must be rounded out by another work
man, and the TWO parts are sUldered to
gether exactly. A platform with little
wheels must be made 10 place the horse
Z nu hut first tho bnrSa ,nuSt ha naiut.d
Several large watts Of different colored
paints are ready 10 dip the toys in when
necessary. IL takes but moment for the
workman to immerse the horse in the
liquid, when, with many other toys in the
same degree Of finish. il is carried to a
drying room on crate and placed on a
shelf to dry. Later it is given 10 a facial
artist for the coloring Of the eyes, nostrils,
fasrans The bors.. m IN. nIatform and belI
on its back ar n.rchanca a inckcv The
TOW i nnw comnIeta and raady far ,acl-
,inJ A nr,tty TOW is the h,y and bnttar-
nv vith chime II b.lls m. hoy stands
an a nIntf,rn, with . sti,k in his hands
Eaf,r. him is +. hnttart,v n,isa3 over "a
hell Tn. r,y is wound M, and runs sb,ut
the r,nr As The hn, tnuches the hnttart,v
with his sticl when rb. chimes ring ni.r-
riI, ,,
(Which rnvs ar. most in d.mand,',
oh the hell TOYS. ANYTHING that will
make n noise We have natent dogs that
RIM baIIs sail ho,ts with a ssilnr and
chime of helIs a picnic marty ON a plat
form ringing chime hills oalInniny eI.
uhant with chime bills goats. c.mels.
md most comical of ALI Mary and her
IifrIe lamb witb chime bells -
Iiv. hov,s baart would he DELIGHTED
with IN. wonderful mechanical tovs-,be
tyanty-on, inch staambo,t that moved a.
tbouyh pr,D-ll.d by steam and the loco
natives and bugyi.s tn. steam fire en-
,ines with the horses and firemen COM
Elrte th,. raiIroad trains the CITY street
cars elevated railways with cars and en-
gin,. that move on them. the carrousel
with horses and riders footmen and
rbariots. all rushing at the greatest speed
in a ring or cir, le. where fians are fiyinc.
The merry 90 around has "A central figure
which turns a crank that moves the horses
snd other tigurss in IN. circl. One of the
,,ost attractive toys is Santa Clans with
mn ,y.rrr,en bush in his hands sitting in
, slcirb drawn by two GOATS All tbes.
,oys have "A clock movement The exact
ness and perfection of the TOYS in repre-
serting animals human beings and
,netbn6s of living and amusement are
wonderful
Mos; of the empIoyes are men. but
,bsre are several women for the finer fin